My blogs

Blogs I follow

Industry	Arts
Occupation	Writer ... Maker of Things
Location	Northeastern US
Introduction	I'm growing roots, both figuratively and literally, on a quarter acre in the suburbs of southern Maine with Deus Ex Machina, where we're experimenting with going off-grid and learning to repurpose rather than throw away.
Interests	Local food, locavore, upcycling, repurposing, DIY, crafting, sewing, surburban homesteading, adapting in place, homeschooling, unschooling, reading, gardening, self-sufficiency, raising chickens, Peak Oil, frugal living, sustainability, raising rabbits, TEOTWAWKI, survivalism
Favorite movies	The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Earthling, Lord of the Rings
Favorite music	Alternative (Blues Traveler, Barenaked Ladies, Godsmack, Live, Candlebox), New Age, Classical, bluegrass, Nickel Creek, Iron Horse
Favorite books	The World According to Garp, Nine Hills to Nambonkaha, Your Organic Garden, The Stand, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Grapes of Wrath, Sister Carrie, Angela's Ashes, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Vegetable Miracle, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs, Last Light (by Alex Scarrow), The Road, Possum Living, Cider House Rules, The Long Emergency, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series

The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?

Duh! My birkenstocks! They go with everything, don't they?